Father Ignacio Ellacuria

Father Ignacio Ellacuria was murdered in the early hours of November 16, 1989 along with five fellow Jesuit priests

Men walk through flood

Two men wade through a flooded street flooded in El amate, El Salvador. [REUTERS/Edgard Garrido courtesy of www.alertnet.org]

Mauricio Funes

Mauricio Funes, elected President of El Salvador in March 2009, may hopefully bring long-needed social progress

Hurricane Ida in Verapaz

People work at a site damaged by heavy rains and Hurricane Ida in Verapaz, about 71 km (44 miles) east to San Salvador November 8, 2009 [REUTERS/Juan Carlos, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

El Salvador Christmas posada

Children at a Christmas 'posada' (procession) in El Salvador [Sean Sprague]

Candlelit mass

Thousands join candle light procession to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit Priests and their two assistants in El Salvador. [Damian Conlin]

El Salvador students

Students at University of Central America in El Salvador put together a painting from coloured salts of a fellow student who had been murdered. [Damian Conlin]

Oscar Romero

Archbishop Oscar Romero greets local children [Octavio Duran]

Contrasida group

Miriam (second left) and young volunteers from CONTRASIDA meet CAFOD staff [CAFOD]

Boy with eggs

Concho's five-year-old son, Hugo, enjoys helping out with the chickens. [CAFOD]

Mural of Oscar Romero in El Salvador

Mural of Oscar Romero in El Salvador [Damian Conlin]

José Alberto and Rodolfo

José Alberto (left) and Rodolfo suffered greatly in the 2001 earthquakes, but have rebuilt their lives, with assistance from the JDS and CAFOD. [CAFOD]

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El Salvadorean Archbishop Oscar Romero met Julian Filochowski and other members of a British Parliamentary delegation in 1978. Two years later, the Archbishop was murdered [Anon]

Woman in front of CAFOD building

Ketxu Amezua, CAFOD Programme Accompanier in El Salvador [Kate Stanworth]

March against poverty

March against poverty in El Salvador [GCAP]

Celebrating the life of Oscar Romero

Celebrating the life of Oscar Romero [Chris Bain]

Flooding of homes

Flooding of homes is widespread across El Salvador following Hurricane Stan [Caritas El Salvador]

Marielos Torres

Marielos Torres, Central American University, El Salvador [CAFOD]

man with machete

Poverty and lack of reliable food stocks in rural El Salvador have caused mass emigration [Jenny Matthews]

Children sitting on rocks

CAFOD’s partners in El Salvador aim to strengthen the farming sector and improve the reliability of food stocks [Jenny Matthews]

Celebrating new houses after earthquake

Celebration to inaugurate the handover of the property deeds for new houses in Rosales village, after the original houses had been destroyed by an earthquake. [Chris Bain]

Students in San Salvador learn karate

Students in San Salvador learn karate as a way of buidling self-confidence [CAFOD]

Enjoying the welcome of the people of Guarjil in their 'beautiful corner'

Margarita, from ContraSida, shows off embroidery

Margarita, from CAFOD partner ContraSida, shows off embroidery from a workshop helping women living with HIV

Isadora and child

Isadora makes her living from a small holding [CAFOD]

Denise Grierson and Contrasida

Denise visits Contrasida's HIV clinic in San Salvador [CAFOD]

Marco Rofena and Nelson

Marco (centre) with Rofena (left) and Nelson (right), participants in a UCA-run political awareness workshop [CAFOD]

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Andreu Oliva SJ is director of the Jesuit Development Service (JDS) in El Salvador [CAFOD]

Miguel Alonzo Macias, JDS

Miguel Alonzo Macias, head of rural development at the Jesuit Development Service [CAFOD]

Mural de Mons. Romero en El Salvador

Mural de Mons. Romero en El Salvador [Damian Conlin]

Southwark Cathedral Romero service

A special service at Southwark Roman Catholic Cathedral commemorating the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero [Roland Unwin]

Romero and child

Archbishop Oscar Romero, who preached that his life was lived according to the wishes of "his people" in El Salvador [Octavio Duran/Equipo Maiz]

Marina

Marina teaches local people how to use herbal remedies for minor ailments. [CAFOD]